May
31
SART Evaluation
May 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment
One of my favorite questions to ask colleagues when we do a testimony training is, How do you know what you know? (followed closely by, Why do you do what you do?). In fact, I’ll ask those questions several times today in Kansas. So you can imagine my intrigue when I saw this webinar announcement [...]
May
30
Who Will Show Up?
May 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Greetings from Lawrence, Kansas! Medscape has a reprint of an interesting article from the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing: Who will show up? Estimating ability and willingness of essential hospital personnel to report to work in response to a disaster [Adams & Berry, Online J Issues Nurs. 2012;17(2)]. A worthwhile read for those of you who include [...]
May
29
The Brain, Body and Trauma
May 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
NSVRC has a brand new elearning opportunity available. The Brain, Body and Trauma is described on their site as “… an overview of the neurobiological and psychological implications of sexually violent trauma and the information and skills necessary for victim service providers to provide trauma-informed services.” You must register to access any of the elearning content, [...]
May
25
Happy Weekend (sigh)
May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
My soldier-partner is at home this weekend, and coincidentally so am I, so for the 1st time since March we will have an entire 4 days together. Our weekend will be cooking, organizing and gardening (with extra time built in around naps and dog-walking). Here’s hoping you’re filling your weekend with whatever will feed your [...]
May
24
Articles of Note: May Edition
May 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for Articles of Note, a tad late this month I realize. These are a selection from the late April/May/June new releases, and it’s a pretty varied bunch. As usual, this is not meant to be an exhaustive list, just the grouping that have caught my eye. All but one link lead to [...]
May
23
Trafficked
May 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Don’t forget we have a giveaway going on through May 25th! The BBC has a new 4-part series available online–Trafficked: Sex Slaves Seduced and Sold. It’s described as follows: “Every year thousands of women are forced into prostitution and traded from Mexico to the United States. The BBC investigates the sex trafficking business, which makes some men [...]
May
22
Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma
May 22, 2012 | 1 Comment
Don’t forget we have a giveaway going on through May 25th! The CDC has just released a new publication for all of my peds colleagues out there: Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma: Recommended Definitions for Public Health Surveillance and Research (PDF). Aside from the succinct overview of the problem and accompanying references that always are useful to have close by, it has quite a [...]
May
21
VAWA Update Call
May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Don’t forget we have a giveaway going on through May 25th! For those of you US readers interested and able to participate, the White House is hosting a phone conference Thursday, May 24th at 12:30 EDT to provide “an update call on the Violence Against Women Act, with Lynn Rosenthal, the White House Advisor on Violence Against [...]
May
18
Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Public/Private Partnerships
May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Don’t forget we have a giveaway going on through May 25th! The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School has a free webinar coming up next week. Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Public/Private Partnerships will be offered May 22nd from 9-11am ET. Click through [...]
May
17
PREA Readiness
May 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Don’t forget we have a giveaway going on through May 25th! The National PREA Resource Center and the Vera Institute are hosting a webinar: PREA Readiness (PDF). It will be held May 22nd from 12:30-2pm ET. Register for the session here. Read more about PREA here.
